Regina man charged with kidnapping after victim calls for help: Police

A 35-year-old Regina man is facing a list of charges including kidnapping and assault after a woman called police for help from a taxi.

According to the Regina Police Service, officers were called to a business on Quance Street at around 12:30 a.m. on Friday after getting a report that a man was threatening people with a knife.

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“The individual, who came into the business with a female, then held a knife to her back and got into a cab, fleeing the scene,” the police service said in a statement.

“A short time later, a call came into the Communications Centre from what was believed to be the female inside the cab. The suspect was heard threatening the female and cab driver before exiting the vehicle.”

Police said officers caught up with the man while he was running down Toronto Street “with what appeared to be a firearm.”

He was arrested after a short foot chase, and a gun was found nearby.

The 35-year-old man is now facing two kidnapping charges and two charges of assault with a weapon, along with charges of possession of a firearm contrary to a prohibition order, assault, mischief, uttering threats, unauthorized possession of a firearm in a motor vehicle, careless storage of a firearm, possession of a weapon, and breaching a long-term supervision order.

He was scheduled to appear in a Regina courtroom on Friday, police said.